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Killing Sims

• You can no longer kill a Sim by putting them in a swimming pool and removing the ladder. That's one grand old Sims tradition wiped out at a stroke... they actually climb out of the side of the pool if there is no ladder. RIP all those poor drowned Sims 1 and 2 swimmers...
• But if you make sure the Sim is totally tired out, and then send them for a swim, they may be too tired to get out of the pool.
• Of course you can still starve the Sim - if he is a playable. If he's an NPC, he will go home at some point (by teleporting out).
• Fire: 
  • Build a TINY room with a fridge, a counter, and a stove, and ideally no door. 
  • Make sure the Sim does NOT have the "Brave" trait. If he does, he will fight the fire.
  • Have Sim make Waffles. As soon as the waffles are in the oven, Cancel the action. Sim will catch fire. He can't escape the fire if there is no door. The ghost will be reddish with smoke.
• Electrocution 
  • Buy the most expensive TV there is. 
  • Make sure your Sim has no Handiness skill. 
  • Have a Sim with the "Technophobe" trait on the lot (it can be the Sim you plan to kill). Have the Technophobe "Sabotage" the TV; if this is not possible simply wait for it to break. Have the future dead Sim attempt to Repair it. 
  • If they are not electrocuted to death, next time make a puddle in front of the TV for them to stand in - one way to do this is to use TestingCheatsEnabled and drag the bladder bar right down.
  • Sims that die this way have a ghost that is bluish white with yellow electrical sparks.
• Pregant Sims can no longer be killed. See Fairlight's Family.

You can always make your own playable ghosts:
White: normal death old age
Blue: drowning
Red: fire
Yellow: electrocution
Light purple; starvation.

Death by Cheating

For all of these, first turn on the master cheat TestingCheatsEnabled true. 

• Old Age
  • Shift-click the elderly Sim, and select "Advance Age".
  • Sims that die this way have a ghost that is grey with white sparkles.
• Starvation
  • Drag the Hunger bar to the bottom
  • Sims that die this way have a ghost that is purple with a wavy texture.
• Drowning 
  •  Place pool. Send Sim into pool. Turn on moveobjects on. Place walls around the pool so they cannot escape (a fence will do), and then drag their Energy to the bottom. Enjoy.
  • Sims that die this way have a ghost that is wavy blue, and rather like the Sims 2 drowned ghosts, drips water.

Ghost Colours

• White: normal death old age
• Blue: drowning
• Red: fire
• Yellow: electrocution
• Light purple; starvation.
• Vampires have a burning deep red colour

Mourning

Those left behind mourn, even if they hated the dead Sim. The base Grief penalty is -50 for 48 hours.  You can reduce that to -25 by either putting the tombstone in the graveyard, or mourning.  

If you BOTH put it in the graveyard AND mourn, the penalty drops to -12, which is a significant cut given the length of the debuff.

A relative in another household dying off-stage incurs no penalty, but if your Sims see it happen, it's as bad as a regular household death.  The tombstone goes in the mortuary, so a visit to the graveyard to Manage Dead immediately will cut the -50 penalty.

While the Sims are mourning, have another sim do the 'cheer up' option in the friendly interaction and the -12 will drop to a -6.

Manage the Dead

This is particularly important if a Sim dies while overseas.

The tombstone will be placed in "a nearby cemetery". If you want to retrieve it, you have to take another playable Sim to the cemetery, and select this option. Then they will be able to take the stone and place it, locally or back in your main Neighbourhood.